Cyber Security Engineer
Role Description & Technical Scope
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Cyber Security Engineer</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Salary: Up to £54,000 per annum + benefits</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Location: Swansea area, hybrid working, 2 days per week in the office</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We are looking for a hands on Cyber Security Engineer to take technical ownership of cyber security across a predominantly Microsoft environment.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has built strong commercial cyber security experience and is ready to take the next step into a role with greater ownership and influence.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">You will work closely with an established infrastructure team and external security partners, helping to assess the existing environment, identify potential security risks and continually strengthen the organisation's security posture.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">What you will do:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Take technical ownership of cyber security across a Microsoft focused environment</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Assess the existing estate, identify security gaps and help ensure systems and applications are appropriately hardened</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Work with Microsoft security technologies including Defender/XDR, EDR and Sentinel</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Support Identity & Access Management across Entra ID, including PIM, MFA and SSO</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Investigate and respond to security incidents, vulnerabilities and emerging threats</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Review existing security tools and controls, recommending improvements where required</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Work closely with infrastructure engineers, external SOC providers and security partners on incident response and cyber resilience</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">What we are looking for:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Around 2-3+ years of commercial cyber security experience</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Hands on experience within Microsoft security environments</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience with Microsoft Sentinel or other SIEM/SOC technologies</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Knowledge of XDR/EDR, vulnerability management and incident response</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Good understanding of Identity & Access Management, ideally including Entra ID, PIM, MFA or SSO</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Broader knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud security</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Strong communication skills with the confidence to work with technical teams, suppliers and non-technical stakeholders</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Microsoft security certifications, CISSP or a relevant cyber security qualification would be advantageous, but further development and certification can be supported</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Key Benefits:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">35 hour working week</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">12% employer pension contribution</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Private healthcare</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Investment in professional development and further cyber security certifications</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Opportunity to become a key technical security specialist within the organisation</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Support from an established infrastructure team and external security partners</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Why apply?</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is a great opportunity if you have already developed strong hands-on cyber security experience but want more responsibility, technical variety and influence.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">You will have the opportunity to look across the wider security environment, identify where improvements can be made and have a genuine say in how the organisation develops its cyber security capability.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">If you have experience across Microsoft security, Azure, Sentinel, SOC/SIEM or Identity & Access Management and are looking for the next step in your career, we would like to hear from you.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Are you interested in finding out more?</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">If so, please contact James Chau at</p>
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 13 Oct 2026
- Location: Swansea
- Employment: Permanent
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Domain: IT
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